When Barry Sonnenfeld‘s Men in Black 3 was in production, much was made of behind the scenes problems. Reports circulated that it began filming without a full script, production stopped for months on end and scenes were written on the day. No matter to what degree those reports were true or false, the final product definitely feels like a film searching for its identity in those same ways. It wobbles out of the start gate, almost drops out of the race, then finds its footing and finishes strong.

Leaps and bounds better than Men in Black II and featuring many of the traits that mad the 1997 original a hit, Men in Black III is better than you’re expecting but not as good as you’d hoped. Read More »

After years away from sci-fi, director Ridley Scott is returning to the genre in a big way this summer with Prometheus, and he aims to stick around for a while. Scott already has hopes of working on Prometheus 2 sooner rather than later, and is currently in the middle of developing some kind of sequel to Blade Runner. Also after the jump:

When it comes to news about sequels, you really can’t get more varied than the news you’re about to read in this column. We’ve got documentary sequel news, news on a sequel to a sequel that isn’t even out yet, news on a sequel that will likely never happen, news on a sequel to a movie that shouldn’t have a sequel and more. After the jump read about:

Writers have been tapped to write The Smurfs 3 well over a year before The Smurfs 2 hits theaters.

Will Smith would be interested in doing Hancock 2, but there’s no active development.

Get your first look at the crew of Star Trek 2 as Lego characters.

The latest installment in Michael Apted‘s Up series, 56 Up, premieres May 14.

A new Men in Black 3 featurette focuses on the time-twisting story.

The plot synopsis for Doctor Sleep, Stephen King‘s sequel to The Shining, is now online.